Description | Formal gathering of ‘distinguished foreigners’ receiving honorary degrees at the University of Birmingham, in connection with the 1913 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Back row (standing, left to right): Robert Williams, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Svante August Arrhenius. Front row (seated, left to right): Oliver Joseph Lodge, Marie Sklodowska Curie, and (Harry) Gilbert Barling. |